Overview#

At the time of writing, 1339 projects have been identified worldwide. Of these, 1188 projects are hosted on GitHub, 27 on GitLab and 125 on other websites or self-hosted Git platforms.

A total of 996 active project repositories have been found. A project is considered active if the public repository has at least one commit or closed issue within the last year. Inactive projects, or those that have become inactive since data collection began two years ago (192), have been excluded from our analysis to prevent distortion of current trends. Unless otherwise noted, all plots in this study refer to active projects.

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project_name oneliner git_namespace git_url platform labels topic last_commit_date stargazers_count number_of_dependents ... organization_github_url organization_website organization_location organization_country organization_form organization_avatar organization_public_repos organization_created organization_last_update project_age_in_years
0 pvlib-python A set of documented functions for simulating t... pvlib https://github.com/pvlib/pvlib-python.git github solar-energy,python,renewable-energy,renewable... Photovoltaics and Solar Energy 2022/11/01, 13:16:32 761.0 273.0 ... https://github.com/pvlib NaN NaN NaN NaN https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/110372... NaN NaN NaN 7.734247
1 pvfactors Open source view-factor model for diffuse shad... SunPower https://github.com/SunPower/pvfactors.git github solar-energy,renewable-energy,python,bifacial Photovoltaics and Solar Energy 2022/02/22, 21:53:32 65.0 8.0 ... https://github.com/SunPower NaN NaN NaN NaN https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/134197... NaN NaN NaN 4.495890
2 gsee Global Solar Energy Estimator. renewables-ninja https://github.com/renewables-ninja/gsee.git github solar,pandas,energy,irradiance,photovoltaic,pv... Photovoltaics and Solar Energy 2020/07/21, 06:28:35 91.0 0.0 ... https://github.com/renewables-ninja https://www.renewables.ninja/ NaN NaN NaN https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/118382... NaN NaN NaN 6.194521
3 PVMismatch An explicit Python PV system IV & PV curve tra... SunPower https://github.com/SunPower/PVMismatch.git github numpy,scipy,python,solar,photovoltaic Photovoltaics and Solar Energy 2022/04/14, 19:15:36 52.0 0.0 ... https://github.com/SunPower NaN NaN NaN NaN https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/134197... NaN NaN NaN 9.802740
4 rdtools An open source library to support reproducible... NREL https://github.com/NREL/rdtools.git github NaN Photovoltaics and Solar Energy 2022/11/03, 17:28:46 118.0 5.0 ... https://github.com/NREL http://www.nrel.gov Golden, CO NaN NaN https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/190680... NaN NaN NaN 5.978082
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1335 awesome-gee-community-datasets Community Datasets & Data Commons in Google Ea... samapriya https://github.com/samapriya/awesome-gee-commu... github googleearthengine,community-datasets,catalog,a... Curated Lists 2022/11/09, 16:00:28 405.0 0.0 ... NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN 2.509589
1336 Urban & Regional Planning Resources Community list of data & technology resources ... APA-Technology-Division https://github.com/APA-Technology-Division/urb... github urban-planning,planners,technology,data,resour... Curated Lists 2022/11/09, 00:36:54 115.0 0.0 ... https://github.com/APA-Technology-Division https://tech.planning.org/ NaN NaN NaN https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/642348... NaN NaN NaN 2.210959
1337 Open Source Python Packages in Hydrology Holds a list of open source Python packages in... raoulcollenteur https://github.com/raoulcollenteur/Python-Hydr... github hydrology,open-source,python,hydrologists Curated Lists 2022/07/18, 07:16:56 262.0 0.0 ... NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN 4.350685
1338 PO.DAAC NASA Earth Observing System Data and Informati... NaN NaN custom NaN Curated Lists NaN NaN NaN ... NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN
1339 Awesome Sentinel A curated list of awesome tools, tutorials and... Fernerkundung https://github.com/kr-stn/awesome-sentinel.git github science,research,open-data,satellite-imagery,s... Curated Lists 2022/08/14, 07:59:42 439.0 0.0 ... NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN 6.057534

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df_active
project_name oneliner git_namespace git_url platform labels topic last_commit_date stargazers_count number_of_dependents ... organization_country organization_form organization_avatar organization_public_repos organization_created organization_last_update project_age_in_years field field_bolt topic_bolt
0 <a href="https://github.com/pvlib/pvlib-python... A set of documented functions for simulating t... pvlib https://github.com/pvlib/pvlib-python.git github solar-energy,python,renewable-energy,renewable... Photovoltaics and Solar Energy 2022/11/01, 13:16:32 761.0 273.0 ... NaN NaN https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/110372... NaN NaN NaN 7.734247 Renewable Energy <b>Renewable Energy</b> <b>Photovoltaics and Solar Energy</b>
1 <a href="https://github.com/SunPower/pvfactors... Open source view-factor model for diffuse shad... SunPower https://github.com/SunPower/pvfactors.git github solar-energy,renewable-energy,python,bifacial Photovoltaics and Solar Energy 2022/02/22, 21:53:32 65.0 8.0 ... NaN NaN https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/134197... NaN NaN NaN 4.495890 Renewable Energy <b>Renewable Energy</b> <b>Photovoltaics and Solar Energy</b>
2 <a href="https://github.com/renewables-ninja/g... Global Solar Energy Estimator. renewables-ninja https://github.com/renewables-ninja/gsee.git github solar,pandas,energy,irradiance,photovoltaic,pv... Photovoltaics and Solar Energy 2020/07/21, 06:28:35 91.0 0.0 ... NaN NaN https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/118382... NaN NaN NaN 6.194521 Renewable Energy <b>Renewable Energy</b> <b>Photovoltaics and Solar Energy</b>
3 <a href="https://github.com/SunPower/PVMismatc... An explicit Python PV system IV & PV curve tra... SunPower https://github.com/SunPower/PVMismatch.git github numpy,scipy,python,solar,photovoltaic Photovoltaics and Solar Energy 2022/04/14, 19:15:36 52.0 0.0 ... NaN NaN https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/134197... NaN NaN NaN 9.802740 Renewable Energy <b>Renewable Energy</b> <b>Photovoltaics and Solar Energy</b>
4 <a href="https://github.com/NREL/rdtools.git" ... An open source library to support reproducible... NREL https://github.com/NREL/rdtools.git github NaN Photovoltaics and Solar Energy 2022/11/03, 17:28:46 118.0 5.0 ... NaN NaN https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/190680... NaN NaN NaN 5.978082 Renewable Energy <b>Renewable Energy</b> <b>Photovoltaics and Solar Energy</b>
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1311 <a href="https://github.com/16EAGLE/getSpatial... Making it easy to query, preview, download and... 16EAGLE https://github.com/16EAGLE/getSpatialData.git github spatial-data,remote-sensing,sentinel,landsat,m... Data Catalogs and Interfaces 2022/06/02, 08:22:35 270.0 0.0 ... NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN 4.994521 Sustainable Development <b>Sustainable Development</b> <b>Data Catalogs and Interfaces</b>
1312 <a href="https://github.com/sentinelsat/sentin... Makes searching, downloading and retrieving th... sentinelsat https://github.com/sentinelsat/sentinelsat.git github sentinel,copernicus,esa,remote-sensing,satelli... Data Catalogs and Interfaces 2022/11/03, 07:55:31 826.0 254.0 ... NaN NaN https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/290575... NaN NaN NaN 7.476712 Sustainable Development <b>Sustainable Development</b> <b>Data Catalogs and Interfaces</b>
1313 <a href="https://github.com/smart-data-models/... This Models describe the main entities involve... smart-data-models https://github.com/smart-data-models/dataModel... github NaN Data Catalogs and Interfaces 2022/11/04, 09:15:03 7.0 0.0 ... NaN NaN https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/447244... NaN NaN NaN 3.432877 Sustainable Development <b>Sustainable Development</b> <b>Data Catalogs and Interfaces</b>
1314 <a href="https://github.com/ropensci/epair.git... Use R to get data from the Environmental Prote... ropensci https://github.com/ropensci/epair.git github NaN Data Catalogs and Interfaces 2022/07/23, 06:24:02 6.0 0.0 ... NaN NaN https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/120026... NaN NaN NaN 2.493151 Sustainable Development <b>Sustainable Development</b> <b>Data Catalogs and Interfaces</b>
1315 <a href="https://github.com/Unidata/siphon.git... A collection of Python utilities for retrievin... Unidata https://github.com/Unidata/siphon.git github python,unidata,netcdf,thredds,thredds-catalogs... Data Catalogs and Interfaces 2022/10/24, 18:04:12 180.0 106.0 ... NaN NaN https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/613345... NaN NaN NaN 9.202740 Sustainable Development <b>Sustainable Development</b> <b>Data Catalogs and Interfaces</b>

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The Open Source Sustainability Ecosystem#

Projects are grouped into fields based on their primary topic of focus. While the boundaries often overlap, these fields help to paint a broad landscape and can provide insight into the ecosystem health and complexity of fields relative to each other. The following sunburst diagram shows the relationship between fields, topics, and projects. The colour represents the Development Distribution Score.

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Fig. 11 - All studied projects grouped into the corresponding fields and topics#

Tip

The above plot is fully interactive. Drill into fields, topics, and projects with a click! The project name links to the project’s repository.

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Unnamed: 0 project_name oneliner git_namespace git_url platform labels topic last_commit_date stargazers_count ... organization_created organization_last_update project_age_in_years field field_bolt topic_bolt activity community size total_score
0 0 <a href="https://github.com/pvlib/pvlib-python... A set of documented functions for simulating t... pvlib https://github.com/pvlib/pvlib-python.git github solar-energy,python,renewable-energy,renewable... Photovoltaics and Solar Energy 2022/11/01, 13:16:32 761.0 ... NaN NaN 7.734247 Renewable Energy <b>Renewable Energy</b> <b>Photovoltaics and Solar Energy</b> 0.706883 0.883657 0.889458 0.861386
1 1 <a href="https://github.com/SunPower/pvfactors... Open source view-factor model for diffuse shad... SunPower https://github.com/SunPower/pvfactors.git github solar-energy,renewable-energy,python,bifacial Photovoltaics and Solar Energy 2022/02/22, 21:53:32 65.0 ... NaN NaN 4.495890 Renewable Energy <b>Renewable Energy</b> <b>Photovoltaics and Solar Energy</b> 0.409289 0.540259 0.412999 0.474323
2 2 <a href="https://github.com/renewables-ninja/g... Global Solar Energy Estimator. renewables-ninja https://github.com/renewables-ninja/gsee.git github solar,pandas,energy,irradiance,photovoltaic,pv... Photovoltaics and Solar Energy 2020/07/21, 06:28:35 91.0 ... NaN NaN 6.194521 Renewable Energy <b>Renewable Energy</b> <b>Photovoltaics and Solar Energy</b> 0.282497 0.353463 0.156474 0.277919
3 3 <a href="https://github.com/SunPower/PVMismatc... An explicit Python PV system IV & PV curve tra... SunPower https://github.com/SunPower/PVMismatch.git github numpy,scipy,python,solar,photovoltaic Photovoltaics and Solar Energy 2022/04/14, 19:15:36 52.0 ... NaN NaN 9.802740 Renewable Energy <b>Renewable Energy</b> <b>Photovoltaics and Solar Energy</b> 0.331116 0.606960 0.470957 0.486578
4 4 <a href="https://github.com/NREL/rdtools.git" ... An open source library to support reproducible... NREL https://github.com/NREL/rdtools.git github NaN Photovoltaics and Solar Energy 2022/11/03, 17:28:46 118.0 ... NaN NaN 5.978082 Renewable Energy <b>Renewable Energy</b> <b>Photovoltaics and Solar Energy</b> 0.538639 0.703173 0.660952 0.660796
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
972 1311 <a href="https://github.com/16EAGLE/getSpatial... Making it easy to query, preview, download and... 16EAGLE https://github.com/16EAGLE/getSpatialData.git github spatial-data,remote-sensing,sentinel,landsat,m... Data Catalogs and Interfaces 2022/06/02, 08:22:35 270.0 ... NaN NaN 4.994521 Sustainable Development <b>Sustainable Development</b> <b>Data Catalogs and Interfaces</b> 0.451254 0.447117 0.470189 0.477931
973 1312 <a href="https://github.com/sentinelsat/sentin... Makes searching, downloading and retrieving th... sentinelsat https://github.com/sentinelsat/sentinelsat.git github sentinel,copernicus,esa,remote-sensing,satelli... Data Catalogs and Interfaces 2022/11/03, 07:55:31 826.0 ... NaN NaN 7.476712 Sustainable Development <b>Sustainable Development</b> <b>Data Catalogs and Interfaces</b> 0.416709 0.837427 0.787487 0.702143
974 1313 <a href="https://github.com/smart-data-models/... This Models describe the main entities involve... smart-data-models https://github.com/smart-data-models/dataModel... github NaN Data Catalogs and Interfaces 2022/11/04, 09:15:03 7.0 ... NaN NaN 3.432877 Sustainable Development <b>Sustainable Development</b> <b>Data Catalogs and Interfaces</b> 0.469933 0.526612 0.515481 0.526859
975 1314 <a href="https://github.com/ropensci/epair.git... Use R to get data from the Environmental Prote... ropensci https://github.com/ropensci/epair.git github NaN Data Catalogs and Interfaces 2022/07/23, 06:24:02 6.0 ... NaN NaN 2.493151 Sustainable Development <b>Sustainable Development</b> <b>Data Catalogs and Interfaces</b> 0.644959 0.426646 0.318066 0.493450
976 1315 <a href="https://github.com/Unidata/siphon.git... A collection of Python utilities for retrievin... Unidata https://github.com/Unidata/siphon.git github python,unidata,netcdf,thredds,thredds-catalogs... Data Catalogs and Interfaces 2022/10/24, 18:04:12 180.0 ... NaN NaN 9.202740 Sustainable Development <b>Sustainable Development</b> <b>Data Catalogs and Interfaces</b> 0.622569 0.686114 0.798106 0.732558

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